Binary fission is the form of asexual reproduction in single-celled organisms by which one cell divides into two cells of the same size, used by most prokaryotes. This process results in the reproduction of a living cell by division into two equal or near-equal parts.
Mitosis is not the same as binary fission.

Process
Many organisms reproduce by binary fission, such as:
Some eukaryotes reproduce using binary fission-like methods. Mitosis is thought to derive from binary fission.

Bacteria
Archaea, such as Pyrodictium abyssi (an anaerobic thermophile of deep-sea hydrothermal vents)

Étienne Bézout (March 31, 1730 - September 27, 1783) was a French mathematician who was born in Nemours, Seine-et-Marne, France, and died in Basses-Loges (near Fontainebleau), France.
In 1758 Bézout was elected an adjoint in mechanics of the French Academy of Sciences. Besides numerous minor works, wrote a Théorie générale des équations algébriques, published at Paris in 1779, which in particular contained much new and valuable matter on the theory of elimination and symmetrical functions of the roots of an equation: he used determinants in a paper in the Histoire de l'académie royale, 1764, but did not treat of the general theory.

Michael Eugene "Mike" LaValliere (born August 18, 1960 in Charlotte, North Carolina), nicknamed Spanky, is a former catcher in Major League Baseball whose 11-year career included tenures in both the National and American Leagues. He batted left-handed but threw right-handed.
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1981, LaValliere started out as a third baseman but was converted to catcher in 1982. He was sent to the St. Louis Cardinals during the 1984 season as part of a conditional deal. Signing with the Cards as a free agent in 1985, Spanky spent two years with the club, which included a trip to the World Series. Excellent at throwing out potential base stealers, he won a Gold Glove award in 1987.
In spring training of the 1987 season, LaValliere was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates alongside Andy Van Slyke and Mike Dunne in exchange for fellow catcher Tony Pena. Spanky and Van Slyke would later become stalwarts on the hugely successful Pirates teams of the early 1990s, when Pittsburgh went to three consecutive National League Championship Series from 1990-1992. Unfortunately for the Pirates, they lost in all three of their NLCS appearances, in 1990 to the eventual World champion Cincinnati Reds and in 1991 and 1992 to the Atlanta Braves. In the 1992 NLCS, LaValliere was involved in the famous final play of Game 7, as Atlanta first baseman Sid Bream Slid beneath his tag to score the Series-winning run for the Braves.
During the 1993 season, LaValliere was released by Pittsburgh, and signed a contract with the Chicago White Sox. The White Sox won the American League West division title, but lost in the ALCS to the eventual World champion Toronto Blue Jays. Spanky would spend two more seasons in Chicago before retiring.

Philadelphia Phillies (1984)
St. Louis Cardinals (1985-1986)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1987-1993)
Chicago White Sox (1993-1995)
Gold Glove Award (NL C): 1987

Background
Nelson wanted a pre-emptive show of force, but was overruled by Parker and demands were made by a single frigate. The Dano-Norwegians refused to negotiate.
Parker had given Nelson twelve ships-of-the line, those with the shallowest drafts, and all the smaller ships in the fleet and he stayed with the remainder of the fleet to the north-east of the battle, screening it from external interference and moving towards Copenhagen to engage the northern defences. One of Nelson's ships, the Glatton, was commanded by William Bligh of Bounty fame. Nelson's plan was for the British ships to approach the weaker, southern end of the Danish defences in a line parallel to the Danish one. As the foremost ship drew alongside a Danish ship, it would anchor and engage that ship. The remainder of the line would pass outside until the next ship drew alongside the next Danish ship, and so on. The frigate Desiree with small gun-brigs would rake the Danish line from the south, and a force of frigates, commanded by Captain Riou of the Amazon, would attack the northern end of the line. The Tre Kroner fortress would be assaulted with troops once the Danish line of ships had been subdued. where she was added to the Royal Navy and renamed HMS Nassau. According to the official returns recorded by each British ship, and repeated in dispatches from Nelson and forwarded by Parker to the Admiralty, British casualties were 264 killed and 689 wounded.

Battle
The next day, Nelson landed in Copenhagen to open negotiations. Colonel Stewart, reported that "the population showed an admixture of admiration, curiosity and displeasure". In a two-hour meeting with the Crown Prince (who spoke English), As a result of the battle, Lord Nelson was created Viscount Nelson of the Nile.
This was not to be the end of Dano-Norwegian conflict with the British. In 1807 similar circumstances led to another British attack, in the Second Battle of Copenhagen.

Aftermath
Even though the political importance of the battle nullified by a changed political scene after the death of Russian Tsar Paul, together with the fact that material losses in the battle were of little importance to the fighting strength of the both navies (the Danish side had taken great care to spare its first class ships), the battle is nevertheless still remembered on the Danish side the battle for the extraordinary valour and courage that the Navy's personal and the many Copenhagen volunteers fought with for hours against overwhelming odds. The Danish accounts of the battle also emphasise the gallantry and "gentleman-like behaviour" of the British, and in particular Nelson who is portrayed as true gentleman and a noble warrior.

The Legacy of the battle in Denmark

Ships involved
Polyphemus 64 (Captain John Lawford) Isis 50 (Captain James Walker) Edgar 74 (Captain George Murray) Ardent 64 (Captain Thomas Bertie) Glatton 54/56 (Captain William Bligh) Elephant 74 (flag of Vice-Adm. Lord Nelson, Captain Thomas Foley) Ganges 74 (Captain Thomas Francis Fremantle) Monarch 74 (Captain James Robert Mosse) Defiance 74 (2nd flag of Rear-Adm. Thomas Graves, Captain Richard Retalick) Russell 74 (Captain William Cuming) Bellona 74 (Captain Thomas Boulden Thompson) Agamemnon 64 (Captain Robert Devereux Fancourt) Désirée 36 (Captain Henry Inman) Amazon 32/38 (Captain Henry Riou) Blanche 36 (Captain Graham Eden Hamond) Alcmène 32 (Captain Samuel Sutton) Jamaica 24 (Captain Jonas Rose) Arrow (ship-sloop, Captain William Bolton) Dart (ship-sloop, Captain John Ferris Devonshire) Cruizer (brig-sloop, Cmdr. James Brisbane) Harpy (brig-sloop, Cmdr. William Birchall) Discovery (bomb, Cmdr. John Conn) Explosion (bomb, Cmdr. John Henry Martin) Hecla (bomb, Cmdr. Richard Hatherhill) Sulphur (bomb, Cmdr. Hender Whitter) Terror (bomb, Cmdr. Samuel Campbell Rowley) Volcano (bomb, Cmdr. James Watson) Zebra (bomb, Cmdr. Edward Sneyd Clay) Otter (fireship, Cmdr. George M'Kinley) Zephyr (fireship, Cmdr. Clotworthy Upton) London 98 (flag of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, with 1st Captain William Domett and 2nd Captain Robert Walker Otway) St George 98 (Captain Thomas Masterman Hardy) Warrior 74 Captain Charles Tyler) Defence 74 (Captain Henry Paulet) Saturn 74 (Captain Robert Lambert) Ramillies 74 (Captain James William Taylor Dixon) Raisonnable 64 (Captain John Dilkes) Veteran 64 (Captain Archibald Collingwood Dickson)
Denmark-Norway

Jeannette Josephina Maria ("Netty") Witziers-Timmer (July 22, 1923 – January 25, 2005) was a former Dutch athlete.
Born Jeannette Josephina Maria Timmer in Amsterdam her greatest success was when she won the gold medal in the 4 x 100 m relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics, together with Xenia Stad-de Jong, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs and Fanny Blankers-Koen. Two years earlier, she had already won the same event at the 1946 European Championships.

Selected discography

Psyence Fiction (1998)
Never, Never, Land (2003)
Edit Music for a Film: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Reconstruction (2005)
Self Defence: Never, Never, Land Reconstructed and Bonus Beats (2006)
War Stories (2007) Mix albums

"I became a DJ because I couldn't breakdance and I was no good at graffiti."
"I'm into a whole concept, it's a whole scene. I'm totally involved in it. We cover hip-hop fused music. We want to do this rock hip-hop thing. We are gonna launch a mad hip-hop/thrash fused band, a young Beastie Boys kind of thing. I'm into the total energy of the Beasties and that whole kind of skate thing. I want that energy and total madness surrounding the whole idea."
On Mo' Wax: "We put out 200 records in 4 or 5 years, I don't think I'd ever be able to do that again. I don't think I could ever work like that again, it was just insane."

January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 337 days remaining (338 in leap years).

Events

1457 - King Henry VII of England (d. 1509)
1540 - Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)
1582 - John Barclay, Scottish writer (d. 1621)
1600 - Pope Clement IX (d. 1669)
1608 - Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (d. 1679)
1611 - Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (d. 1687)
1622 - Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d. 1691)
1701 - Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774)
1706 - John Baskerville, English printer (d. 1775)
1712 - Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761)
1717 - Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1774)
1719 - Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (d. 1749)
1755 - Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, German physician (d. 1830)
1784 - George Hamilton Gordon Aberdeen, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1860)
1822 - Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1892)
1833 - Charles George 'Chinese' Gordon, British soldier and administrator (d. 1885)
1841 - Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh-born explorer and journalist (d. 1904)
1853 - José Martí, Cuban revolutionary (d. 1895)
1855 - William Seward Burroughs I, American inventor (d. 1898)
1864 - Charles W. Nash, co-founder of Nash Motors, which would become American Motors as well as co-founder of Buick (d. 1948)
1864 - Herbert Akroyd Stuart, English engineer - inventor of the first compression ignition engine (d. 1927)
1865 - Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1928)
1865 - Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, first president of Finland (d. 1952)
1873 - Colette, French writer (d. 1954)
1874 - Vsevolod Meyerhold, Russian theatre director (d. 1940)
1879 - Francis Picabia, French-born painter and poet (d. 1953)
1880 - Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer (d. 1970)
1884 - Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist (d. 1962)
1886 - Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (d. 1973)
1887 - Arthur Rubinstein, Polish pianist and conductor (d. 1982)
1890 - Robert Stroud, American convict, the Birdman of Alcatraz (d. 1963)
1891 - Bill Doak, American baseball player (d. 1954)
1892 - Ernst Lubitsch, German-born film director (d. 1947)
1897 - Valentin Kataev, Russian writer (d. 1986)
1899 - Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (d. 1940)
1903 - Aleksander Kamiński, Polish writer (d. 1978)
1908 - Paul Misraki, French composer and songwriter (d. 1998)
1910 - John Banner, Austrian actor (d. 1973)
1910 - Arnold Moss, American actor (d. 1989)
1912 - Jackson Pollock, American painter (d. 1956)
1922 - Robert W. Holley, American biochemist, Nobel Laureate (d. 1993)
1927 - Ronnie Scott, British jazz tenor saxophonist and jazz club owner (d. 1996)
1927 - Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director (d. 2001)
1929 - Acker Bilk, English jazz clarinetist
1929 - Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-born artist
1933 - Jack Hill, American film director
1934 - Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentine racing driver (d. 1990)
1934 - Mitr Chaibancha, Thai actor (d. 1970)
1935 - David Lodge, English author
1936 - Ismail Kadare, Albanian writer
1936 - Alan Alda, American actor, writer, and director
1938 - Leonid Zhabotynsky, Ukrainian weightlifter
1941 - Joel Crothers, American actor (d. 1985)
1943 - Paul Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player
1944 - John Tavener, English composer
1945 - Robert Wyatt, English musician
1948 - Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian dancer
1948 - Charles Taylor, President of Liberia
1950 - Barbi Benton, American actress
1950 - Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah, King of Bahrain
1951 - Brian Bilbray, American politician
1951 - Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian cosmonaut
1953 - Colin Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
1954 - Rick Warren, American pastor and author
1955 - Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France
1957 - Mark Napier, Canadian ice hockey player
1959 - Frank Darabont, American filmmaker
1959 - Randi Rhodes, American personality
1959 - Dave Sharp, Welsh guitarist (The Alarm)
1960 - Robert von Dassanowsky, American cultural historian, writer, and producer
1961 - Normand Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player
1962 - Sam Phillips, American singer
1963 - Dan Spitz, American musician, guitarist for Anthrax
1965 - Lynda Boyd, American actress
1968 - Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer and songwriter
1968 - DJ Muggs, American musician (Cypress Hill)
1968 - Rakim, American rapper
1969 - Kathryn Morris, American actress
1969 - Mo Rocca, American writer and comedian
1969 - Linda Sanchez, American politician
1972 - Nicky Southall, English footballer
1974 - Tony Delk, American basketball player
1974 - Jermaine Dye, American baseball player
1974 - Magglio Ordonez, Venezuelan baseball player
1975 - David Zingler, American writer
1975 - Anne Montminy, Canadian Olympic diver
1975 - Lee Latchford-Evans, English singer
1975 - Junior Spivey, American baseball player
1975 - Terri Colombino, American Actress
1976 - Mark Madsen, American basketball player
1976 - Jarrod Montague, American drummer (Taproot)
1976 - Lee Ingleby, British actor
1976 - Miltiadis Sapanis, Greek footballer
1976 - Emiko Kado, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999)
1977 - Daunte Culpepper, American football player
1977 - Joey Fatone, American singer (*NSYNC)
1977 - Matt DeVries, American guitarist (Chimaira)
1977 - Takuma Sato, Japanese Formula One driver
1977 - Lyle Overbay, American baseball player
1978 - Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer
1978 - Jamie Carragher, English footballer
1978 - Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer
1979 - Pixie, English model
1979 - Ali Boulala, Swedish skateboarder
1980 - Nick Carter, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
1981 - Rick Razzano, American football player
1981 - Elijah Wood, American actor
1984 - Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
1986 - Jessica Ennis, English heptathlete
1988 - Henry Mortensen (actor), American actor